Question

What is 5/8 in a decimal ?

Answer 1

You can try long dividing 5 by 8

50 divided by 8 is 6 remainder 2
20 divided by 8 is 2 remainder 4
40 divided by 8 is 5 no remainder

so we get  0.625 as the decimal

Answer 2

Divide 5 by 8 and that'll give you .625

Hope I helped!